Disaster risk management officials said some affected residents were still staying in their shacks, refusing to be moved to temporary centres.

"They don't want to move. They [are] saying they are afraid to lose their plots, but we will continue to talk to them," said City of Cape Town Disaster Risk Management spokesperson Wilfred Solomons-Johannes.

He said winter weather conditions always brought discomfort to residents. "This is not something new."

On Sunday, the city said it had attended to 348 calls where roads, property and informal areas needed attention.